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Bandele Ajetunmobi “He was the youngest brother and he was disabled as well but he was very good at art, so they apprenticed him to a portrait photographer in Lagos. It suited him yet it wasn’t enough, so he packed up and, without anything much, left for England with my Uncle Chris.” - Victoria Loughran, niece of Photographer, Bandele “Tex”” Ajetunmobi. Bandele Ajetunmobi - widely known as “Tex” - was one of Britain’s first black photographers. Ajetunmobi was born in Nigeria in 1921 and was apprenticed to a portrait photographer in Lagos. In 1947, at the age of twenty-six, he stowed away on a boat from Nigeria. In Nigeria, Ajetunmobi found himself an outcast because of a disability from polio as a child. He settled in Spitalfields, East London, an area he documented through photography for almost half a century, focusing on immigrant communities and the multi-racial nature of the area. These images serve as early documents of a multi-cultural London in the post-war years at a time when a growing number of men and women were immigrating to Britain from the former colonies. They depict the Whitechapel area where many immigrants from the Caribbean settled. The music clubs in Whitechapel were shaped by and for black people - but from the start were also frequented by white people. Art historian Kobena Mercer noted in Britain “the nightlife surrounding black music was always a cross-cultural affair”. Most of Ajetunmobi’s work was destroyed when he died in 1994 apart for some two hundred negatives that his niece Victoria Loughran rescued. These are housed in the archive of ‘Autograph ABP', London. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #nigeria #polio #disability #stowaway #commercialstreet #spitalfields #streetphotographer #nightlife #multiracial #multicultural #crosscultural #immigrants #blackphotographer #autographabp #bandeleajetunmobi #tex (at East End of London) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckfs6WoIG5O/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Bandele Ajetunmobi “Juliana, my mum had already come from Nigeria and, when I was born, she lived in Brick Lane but, after a gas explosion, we had to move out – that’s how we ended up in Newham. When I was a child, we didn’t come over here much – except sometimes to visit Brick Lane and Petticoat Lane on a Sunday – because we had moved to a better place. I understood I was born in Bethnal Green but I grew up in a better class of neighbourhood. I knew that she didn’t approve of my uncle’s lifestyle, she didn’t approve of the drinking and probably there were drugs too. They were lots of rifts and falling out that I didn’t understand at the time. When everything became about having jobs to survive, she couldn’t comprehend doing something which didn’t make money. In another life, she might have understood his ideals – but we were immigrants and you have to feed yourself. She thought, ‘Why are you doing something that doesn’t sit comfortably with being poor?’” - Victoria Loughran, niece of Photographer, Bandele “Tex”” Ajetunmobi. Bandele Ajetunmobi – widely known as Tex – took photographs in the East End for almost half a century. Ajetunmobi started in the late forties. He recorded a vision of interracial camaraderie - images manifested in glamorous underground nightlife culture - creating poignant portraits that witness an almost-forgotten era of recent history. In 1947, at the age of twenty-six years, Ajetunmobi stowed away on a boat from Nigeria. In Nigeria Ajetunmobi was considered an outcast - he had a disability from a bout of polio as a child. In East London he discovered the freedom to pursue his life’s passion - photography - not for money or reputation but for the love of it. He was one of Britain’s first black photographers. (at East End of London) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckfsz44oix-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Bandele Ajetunmobi “He did all this photography yet he didn’t do it to make money, he did it for pleasure and for artistic purposes. He was doing it for art’s sake.He had lots of books of photography and he studied it. He was doing it because those things needed to be recorded. You fall in love with a medium and that’s what happened to him. He spent all his money on photography. He had expensive cameras, Hasselblads and Leicas. My mother said, ‘If you sold one, you could make a visit to Nigeria.’ But he never went back, he was probably a bit of an outcast because of his polio as a child and it suited him to be somewhere people didn’t judge him for that.” - Victoria Loughran, niece of Photographer, Bandele “Tex”” Ajetunmobi. As one of Britain’s first black photographers Bandele “Tex”Ajetunmobi was blazing a trail for others to follow. As a disabled 26 year old in Nigeria, Ajetunmobi’s childhood polio saw him regarded as an outcast. A talented artist he’d served an apprenticeship with a portrait photographer in Lagos - but was still struggling. In 1947, Ajetunmobi stowed away on a ship bound for England along with his brother Chris. Ajetunmobi soon settled into life in East End London and his cameras went pretty much everywhere he did. This wasn’t a commercial venture but rather a labour of love and his documentation of underground life and in particular mixed race relationships are unusual for the time - 1950s post-war London. He met and fell in love with a white girl called Cissy who was married with two kids. When she separated from her husband she wasn’t allowed custody of the kids because Ajetunmobi was black. Ajetunmobi’s photos are subtle, amusing, unaffected portraits taken over a 50 year period. When Ajetunmobi passed away in 1994 most of his photos were lost. However, his niece Victoria Loughran managed to retrieve a few hundred negatives from a skip and Ajetunmobi’s legacy lives on at ‘Autograph ABP’ in Shoreditch. (at East End of London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkfsnO_owXv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The Man Who Fell to Earth “The inspiration was David in as much as I was instructed before that he wanted that colour and it was a specific brand, he knew the colour, a particular colour by Schwarzkopf. So I took a bunch of that stuff with me and then we met the first time as soon as I got there, we had a 2 hour session blending the colours, the blonde and doing the hair cut. That was our first meeting and first collaboration. Nic came in and loved the whole thing. He wanted to make sure the hair would never jump out from his neck, the cut would be so perfect, so I used to cut it every 3 days or so, to keep everything in check. Nic was absolutely obsessed, that if he was shooting a scene and was shooting from the side that the hair couldn't touch his collar. I was constantly on set grooming grooming grooming him. That's really how the look developed. The roots would come through and we'd do the colour every 2 - 3 weeks. Nic was very fussy about hair for all the characters, especially her (“Mary Lou’s") specific progression of looks and ageing, her hair takes you on a journey; she needed wigs to be made. There was a lot of running the whole department, all the characters, Buck Henry had a progression of 3 different hair lace appliances to representing the thinning of his hair, to show his ageing process. It was a very busy busy show.” - Martin Samuel, Hairstylist, ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’. Martin Samuelʼs film career spans 35 years during which time he has hair-designed countless feature films in Los Angeles, Canada, London and Europe. Samuel has acted as a Department Head Hairstylist and also as a Personal Hairstylist for many Actors. Samuel began his career working as a hairstylist in London salons and quickly became one of the most sought after hairstylists in the “Swinging Sixties”. He became the artistic director at ‘Crimpers’ the first unisex salon to open in London but he soon moved into print, advertising, commercials and film. (at New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkdJyseo9bu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The Man Who Fell to Earth “Well, I think that’s something that David and Nic talked about a lot, that he had to look totally ordinary and that you wouldn’t notice him except that he had orange hair. We had to choose clothes that were almost just so common you wouldn’t even think twice about them. But of course coming from England, when Roeg suggested a duffel coat it was weird, because funnily enough in America they don’t really wear them and when I found one it was actually olive green, which was for us quite strange because we thought they would be beige. But they were all things like that, that just threw you off slightly. These are the kind of things that are almost joint decisions, just sitting down and talking through. Obviously Bowie had a very strong influence but also it was to work out what somebody coming from another planet, who had to look totally ordinary so that he didn't stick out, like a business man. Because he'd come from another planet we put up things like he was weightless therefore he would probably bump into things so underneath his suit he'd be wearing protective clothing, like stunt pads and almost medical gear underneath, so that one time you see him, not fully naked, but undressed in a medical chair he's wearing his underclothes. Whether anybody gets the fact that they are supposed to be protecting him, I don't know, but it (that subtext) was there. Obviously he was very thin, and we wanted to go with a look of English boy's school, a simple look, and the shirts that we got on the high street in Albuquerque came from Macy's boys department because he wore a size 18 boys because he was so thin. His suits were made by a girl called Ola Hudson who'd worked with David before, so he was content with her making the actual suits, they were all made of silk, everything he wore was soft so the clothes didn't injure him.” - May Routh, Costume Designer, ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’. May Routh (1934 - 2022) was a fashion illustrator turned renowned costume designer who brought iconic looks to films, ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’, ‘My Favourite Year’ and ‘Being There'. (at New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkdJe_PI6U1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The Man Who Fell to Earth “I was just thinking of the time he came into the wardrobe and he was wearing a pink plaid cowboy shirt, and this was 1975 New Mexico, and I thought I wonder where he got that! And he was wearing pink tinted glasses and with his hair … he’s just so stunning looking, he looks so marvellous. You just wanted to photograph him. Nobody had a cellphone. But then he picked up a police officer’s hat with a visor that I happened to have a pile of, and he put this on on top of this pink … my breath was taken away, I thought that is absolutely amazing. And he left and I suddenly thought ‘God, that’s our wardrobe, we’ve got to get it back!’ He could do things like that; he had a look that I’ve never seen anyone else have. He looked wonderful. Not sexual, but it was a fashion thing that you suddenly looked at and thought ‘I wish I had that.’ He was just an asset to all the clothes as far as I could see.” - May Routh, Costume Designer, ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’. In early 1975, visionary filmmaker Nicolas Roeg was in pursuit of a leading man for his next film – his first since 1973’s widely celebrated ‘Don’t Look Now’. It was to be a cinematic rendering of Walter Tevis’s 1963 sci-fi novel ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’ and Roeg required an actor ethereal enough to embody Thomas Jerome Newton, the vulnerable alien protagonist who ventures to Earth, posing as a mysterious entrepreneur with hyper-technological abilities, and all the while attempting to source and contain enough water to send back to his own drought-ridden planet. (at New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkdJO7RoO_q/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Ooh Bowie “In reality, a cinematographer’s job is to put the director’s vision on the screen. And a lot of directors find it very hard to explain their vision in words. But it was always very simple with Nic Roeg because there are very few directors who had a vision like he does. And he was a cinematographer himself, so he can put it into words you can easily understand. Bowie himself was very ethereal. When he’s coming down that slag heap, obviously we waited until it was totally backlit, but even then you don’t really see his face properly. It’s a strange image, that. What happened was, I went out and bought a book of beautiful old Hollywood stills - ‘Grand Illusions’ by Richard Lawton. And there was one still in there, a guy walking through the heather with the sun in the background. And I showed it to Nic and he said: ‘That’s it.’” - Tony Richmond, Director of Photography, ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’. Film director Nicolas Roeg saw Alan Yentob's fly-on-the-wall documentary ‘Cracked Actor’ (broadcast by the BBC in the UK on January 26, 1975). Roeg had been working with screenwriter Paul Mayersberg on an adaption of Walter Tevis's 1963 novel ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’ which is about a tall, thin, white-haired, hollow-boned alien who travels to Earth. The alien names himself Thomas Jerome Newton, patents many new technological advances through lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, accumulates wealth, forms a corporation and builds a spaceship for some unspecified purpose. Yet Newton remains a hermit - unknown and apart from all but a few people. (at New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckakl9Io6J1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Ooh Bowie “To do Bowie’s alien makeup took eight hours. They’d start at two o’clock in the morning and he would be on a very high-end dentist’s chair. Photographically you had to take great care in the way that you shot him in that makeup, what diffusion you used, things like that. Before he reveals himself as an alien there’s a giveaway there because he’s got no fingernails when his hand comes up. Then she pisses herself, which really freaks a lot of people out. But nothing surprises me with Nic. And it’s a totally natural reaction." - Tony Richmond, Director of Photography, ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’. Nicolas Roeg’s sci-fi masterpiece ‘The Man Who Fell To Earth’ is the brilliant story of an alien visitor. David Bowie’s gives a stunning performance in his first role on the big screen. Bowie plays Thomas Jerome Newton, the titular outsider, who lands in America looking for water to save his home world. Using his alien technology, he quickly builds a profitable empire, but the harsh realities of this world will grind Newton down to the brink of insanity. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #crackedactor #alanyentob #paulmayersberg #waltertevis #themanwhofelltoearth #sciencefiction #tonyrichmond #directorofphotography #nicolasroeg #director #thomasjeromenewton #davidbowie (at New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkakbUSog0W/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Ooh Bowie “Bowie didn’t have any special shooting requirements at all. There was only one strange thing that happened: in the scene towards the end where they’re all working on him, when they cut his breast and blood comes out, I didn’t like the makeup blood. So I said to Tommy Raeburn the prop man: ‘Send your assistant to the butcher’s to get some pig’s blood.’ And Bowie overheard me say that, and he said, ‘I’m not having pig’s blood!’ So we had a nurse on set and Nic said, ‘Well, use human blood’, so he got the nurse to take my blood, because it was my idea. You couldn’t do that today. I actually gave blood to the movie … he’s so good in this, Bowie. There’s no one else who could’ve played him. When he died, I heard someone say: ‘I just like to think he got in his spaceship and went back home.’” - Tony Richmond, Director of Photography, ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’. David Bowie really knew how to take a photo. His presence can be felt in every image. Its hard to imagine anyone else playing the role of Thomas Jerome Newton in the 1976 cult sci-fi film ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’. The story of Newton is like any other - Bowie plays an alien in search of water who comes to earth, falls in love and experiences addiction to alcohol and television. ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’ stunned the cinematic world - it was described as a "mind-stretching experience". There was no doubt the film was set for cult status, thanks to Bowie's performance as an ethereal space-traveller, and to film director Nicolas Roeg for coaxing some captivating performances from his cast. ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’ premiered at the Leicester Square Theatre, London, on March 18, 1976. It received mixed reviews. Roeg recalls: “One critic complained about the line 'All things begin and end in eternity.' I told him, 'You realise that's [William] Blake?’" #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #crackedactor #alanyentob #paulmayersberg #waltertevis #themanwhofelltoearth #sciencefiction #tonyrichmond #directorofphotography #nicolasroeg #director #thomasjeromenewton #davidbowie (at New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkakUNUITw4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Good Kind Work “During a brief painting blog about seven years ago I started making ceramics hoping that working in a different capacity would loosen me up. It ended up taking on a life of its own and quickly grew into a second passion. Eventually, a few years down the line, it grew into a small business that I’ve been calling ‘Good Kind Work’.” Michelle Blade, Artist, Ceramicist and Founder of ‘Good Kind Work’. ‘Good Kind Work’ is a project by visual artist Michelle Blade. Blade, known mainly for her paintings, began working with ceramics in 2014. The aim was to create unique hand made, utilitarian objects to be enjoyed everyday. Each piece is made through a slab building process - then hand painted with decorative figures and patterns. Through the process of “sgraffito” (Italian "to scratch" - a decorating pottery technique produced by applying layers of colour - or colours (underglazes or coloured slips) - to leather hard pottery and then scratching off parts of the layer(s) to create contrasting images, patterns and texture) Blade scratches the designs with a needle tool to reveal further detail and contrast. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #artist #ceramicist #businessowner #clay #slabbuildingprocess #sgraffito #patterns #texture #colour #moderndayfolklore #ethereal #designed #handpainted #michelleblade #goodkindwork (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkX2HEeI7Lr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Good Kind Work “The imagery in my paintings and ceramics are tied together but the mediums themselves could not be more different. For me painting is exploratory, elusive and romantic. Often I feel like I’m collaborating with an unknown entity when I’m working on a painting. Ceramic production is all about getting into the rhythm of construction and honing a set of specific skills. The rote motions can be very meditational and the smell of the clay is grounding. My split personality loves the toggling between the two.” - Michelle Blade, Artist, Ceramicist and Founder of ‘Good Kind Work’. ‘Good Kind Work’ is a ceramic project by visual artist Michelle Blade. Blade creates fanciful clay works fit for everyday use. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #artist #ceramicist #businessowner #clay #slabbuildingprocess #sgraffito #patterns #texture #colour #moderndayfolklore #ethereal #designed #handpainted #michelleblade #goodkindwork (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkX2BMiI49l/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Good Kind Work “My hand and style of image making is present in both painting and ceramics but I find the different mediums are what creates the mood and look. For example, the underglaze I use on my ceramics goes on in a static way, therefore making a more clean and distinct image. Within my paintings I use acrylic inks and watercolours that tend to bleed and abstract. This creates a more mysterious and ethereal image.” - Michelle Blade, Artist, Ceramicist and Founder of ‘Good Kind Work’. Intuitive painter and ceramicist Michelle Blade creates images with the help of the natural world around her. Inspiration comes from flora and fauna, honey bees and slow moving garden snails. Blade’s artful ceramic pieces, aptly named ‘Good Kind Work’ depict a gentle simplicity - one that evokes modern day folklore. Each piece is designed and hand-painted by Blade. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #artist #ceramicist #businessowner #clay #slabbuildingprocess #sgraffito #patterns #texture #colour #moderndayfolklore #ethereal #designed #handpainted #michelleblade #goodkindwork (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkX16zHIgBw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

ING Discerning Eye Exhibition Now in its 31st year, the ‘ING Discerning Eye Exhibition’ annual treat for London gallery-goers showcases artworks no larger than 50 centimetres in size, all of which are for sale and ideal for those with limited space. The works are largely affordable too, with prices starting at £80. The 2022 exhibition is showcasing over 500 artworks by more than 350 artists. It's a carefully curated selection, whittled down from 7,300 entries. The artworks in the exhibition are chosen by six art world experts - two artists, two critics and two collectors - who curate their own sections as individual displays within the exhibition. This year the team comprises RWA director Alison Bevan, film director Gurinder Chadha, curator Aindrea Emelife, ‘ArtCan' director Kate Enters, printmaker David Ferry and painter Ansel Krut. As is tradition at least 25% of the works have been chosen from open submissions - the rest are included by invitation. You can expect original works in a variety of materials, ranging from traditional painting and photography to prints and sculptures. There are also some topical offerings referencing key events of the past 12 months - think the England women's team winning the ‘FIFA Women's World Cup’. Painting, Lorna May Wadsworth. ’ING Discerning Eye Exhibition’,‘Mall Galleries’, November 11 - 20, 2022 - and online until December 31, 2022. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #exhibition #london #painting #sculpture #prints #alisonbevan #gurinderchadha #aindreaemelife #kateenters #davidferry #anselkrut #ingcommercialbanking #annualartfare #mallgalleries #ingdiscerningeyeexhibition (at Mall Galleries) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkQERiTouyF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

ING Discerning Eye Exhibition The ‘ING Discerning Eye Exhibition’ is an annual show of small-scale works renowned for both its commitment to championing emerging artists and its unique curatorial approach. A panel of six prominent art world figures - two artists, two collectors and two critics - select works of art for the yearly exhibition. The show gives artists the opportunity to showcase their work at the ‘Mall Galleries’ in London and in a unique virtual exhibition, with the chance to win a range of prizes, including the ‘ING Purchase Prize’ worth £5,000. Artists can register to enter up to six works at £10 each for consideration by the Selection Panel. Works must be no larger than 50cm (20 inches) including frame. Sculpture, Chris Dunseath. ‘ING Discerning Eye Exhibition’,‘Mall Galleries’, November 11 - 20, 2022 - and online until December 31, 2022. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #exhibition #london #painting #sculpture #prints #alisonbevan #gurinderchadha #aindreaemelife #kateenters #davidferry #anselkrut #ingcommercialbanking #annualartfare #mallgalleries #ingdiscerningeyeexhibition (at Mall Galleries) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkQEGaSIWpL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

ING Discerning Eye Exhibition Sponsored by ‘ING Commercial Banking’ the ‘ING Discerning Eye Exhibition’ is a show of small works independently selected by six prominent figures from the art world: two artists, two collectors and two critics. The uniqueness of having each work chosen by an eminent individual, unlike in a group selected show, has earned the Exhibition an excellent reputation among art lovers and collectors alike. The charm of the ‘ING Discerning Eye Exhibition’ lies in the unpredictability and variety of the selectors' choices. Works of lesser-known artists hang alongside those of more established artists helping to connect hundreds of new artists with new audiences. Painting, Lucy Marks. ’ING Discerning Eye Exhibition’,‘Mall Galleries’, November 11 - 20, 2022 - and online until December 31, 2022. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #exhibition #london #painting #sculpture #prints #alisonbevan #gurinderchadha #aindreaemelife #kateenters #davidferry #anselkrut #ingcommercialbanking #annualartfare #mallgalleries #ingdiscerningeyeexhibition (at Mall Galleries) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkQD6x-ob2O/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Czene Béla Czene Béla (b. 1911 - d. 1999) was a Hungarian painter known for Figure and genre painting-nudes. Between 1930 - 1933 Béla attended the ‘Hungarian College of Fine Arts' where he studied under Gyula Rudnay. Béla began exhibiting his work in 1932. Béla greatest influence was Roman ‘Classical’ art - which had a significant influence on painting for many years. In fact, Béla won a scholarship to the ‘Collegium Hungaricum’ in Rome where he studied between 1938 - 1939. This application came at the suggestion of Tibor Gerevich which allowed Béla to stay in his beloved city. As Béla’s artistic style developed he leaned further into the picturesque. He sought inspiration from the ‘Renaissance’ classical tradition of painting and especially from Greco-Roman art and fellow disciples of Roman ‘Classical’ Leonardo da Vinci, Domenico Ghirlandaio. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #figurativepainting #nudes #romanclassicalart #renaissance #leonardodavinci #domenicochirlandaio #grecoromanart #erzsébethikády #gáborczene #mártaczene #hungarian #czenebéla https://www.instagram.com/p/CkNfHsxILG5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Czene Béla Czene Béla (b. 1911 - d. 1999) was a Hungarian painter known for Figure and genre painting-nudes. After the WWII Béla’s attachment to Roman ‘Classical’ painting waned. Instead he drew inspiration from the day to day. Ordinary people doing ordinary things. Béla was a successful artist, continuously exhibiting into the 1990s. His art works won many awards: in 1937 he won the ‘Youth Prize’ of the ‘National Hungarian Fine Arts Society’, in 1942 he received the ‘Ede Balló Prize' for his painting “Hunor and Hungarian” and in 1943 he received the ‘Ferenc József Foundation Prize’ in Budapest. In 1948 Béla won the fresco competition for the ‘Ministry of Public Education’ and in 1953 he won the ‘Ministry of Folk Culture’ at the 'Hungarian Fine Arts Exhibition’. His wife Erzsébet Hikády (1911 - 2008) his son Gábor Czene (1948 - ) and his grandson Márta Czene (1982 - ) are also painters. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #figurativepainting #nudes #romanclassicalart #renaissance #leonardodavinci #domenicochirlandaio #grecoromanart #erzsébethikády #gáborczene #mártaczene #hungarian #czenebéla https://www.instagram.com/p/CkNfC20oWmy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=